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Creating keyframes in Auto Key mode

Creating keyframes in Auto Key mode - 3ds Max Tutorial

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Creating keyframes in Auto Key mode

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- [Instructor] When 3ds Max was first released, it had a revolutionary new feature called Auto Key mode. Nowadays, this is something that we see in almost every 3D program but 3ds Max pioneered the concept. And that is, in Auto Key mode, whenever you change something, you automatically create keyframes for an animation. So let's test this out. I've got a camera, here, and I want it to truck across the room. To make that happen, I'll enable Auto Key mode down here in the lower-right. The important thing to know about Auto Key is that, when you create the very first keyframe on a particular transform or parameter, you need to be on some frame of the timeline other than the first frame. If you're parked on the first frame of your timeline, which is frame zero by default, even if Auto Key is on, if you move something or change a parameter, you're not going to create a keyframe. You need to be on some other frame. So for…

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